Slaves for Life

Slaves for Life is the debut album by Israeli folk/progressive metal band Amaseffer, released on 6 June 2008 in Israel and 24 June 2008 worldwide, by InsideOut Music.

Slaves for Life
Studio album by
Amaseffer
ReleasedIsrael: 6 June 2008
World: 24 June 2008
Recorded29 June 2007 - 14 July 2007 at Bazement Studio, Germany
GenreProgressive metal
Folk metal
Length1:17:51
LabelInsideOut Music
ProducerErez Yohanan
Amaseffer chronology
Slaves for Life When the Lions Leave Their Den
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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
Blabbermouth.net[2]
Metal Hammer[3]
Metal Underground[4]
Metalist Israel[5]

The album is the first in a trilogy of albums, telling the Old Testament's story of the Exodus, from the Hebrew slavery period in ancient Egypt, through the years in the desert, and up to the entrance of the twelve tribes of Israel to the promised land of Canaan (later Israel).[6] The first in the trilogy, the album tells the story of the events starting with the Hebrews slavery, through the birth of Moses and ends with the ten plagues of Egypt.[7]

In the time of the recording, the band just parted ways with their vocalist Andy Kuntz, and lead vocals on the album were recorded by Mats Leven (Krux, ex-Therion, ex-At Vance, Yngwie Malmsteen).[8] Additional vocals were recorded by Kobi Farhi of Orphaned Land, Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy and Yotam Avni of Prey for Nothing.

Although the album's sound mostly considered progressive metal, it also contains a mixture of symphonic metal, world music and Middle Eastern touches.[9]

The band's drummer and main songwriter Erez Yohanan has produced the album, and is also providing vocals as the narrator of the story. The album was mixed and mastered by Markus Teske.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Sorrow"2:40
2."Slaves for Life"8:27
3."Birth of Deliverance"11:11
4."Midian"11:47
5."Zipporah"6:10
6."Burning Bush"6:33
7."The Wooden Staff"9:13
8."Return to Egypt"3:25
9."Ten Plagues"11:28
10."Land of the Dead"6:53

Personnel
  • Mats Leven - lead & backing vocals
  • Hanan Avramovich - guitars
  • Yuval Kramer - guitars, bass
  • Erez Yohanan - drums, percussion, narrating vocals
  • Kobi Farhi - oriental vocals
  • Angela Gossow - growled vocals on "Midian"
  • Yotam Avni - growled vocals on "Midian"
  • Maya Avraham - female vocals on "Zipporah"
  • Amir Gvirtzman - flute
  • Yair Yona - bass on "Zipporah" and "Burning Bush"
  • Yatziv Caspi - tablas on "Slaves for Life" and "Midian"
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References
  1. About.com review
  2. Blabbermouth.net review Archived 2010-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Metal Hammer review
  4. Metal Underground review
  5. Metalist Israel review
  6. "Amaseffer Homepage - The Story of the Band". Amaseffer. Retrieved 2008. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. "The Holy Bible - Exodus". God through Moses.
  8. "Mats Leven to Guest on Amaseffer Project". blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
  9. "Amaseffer CD description on InsideOut Music web page". InsideOut Music. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
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